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Help children build resilience--the ability to recover from or adjust to change through bouncing back and overcoming the odds--through fun activities that will provide models and examples for them to relate to. Fun, playful activities serve the dual purpose of allowing you to enjoy the children's company and promoting their social and emotional development. Activities provide an objective, paragraph on what children will learn, social and emotional skills supported, materials needed, bullet-pointed instructions, expansion ideas, and a "do this at home" page for parents. Help promote resilience through caring practices, home and school partnerships, activities, daily routines, and playing and learning. 160 indexed pages, softcover.

Publisher's Description

Now more than ever, adults must help children develop the skills necessary to navigate successfully through life. By focusing on building social and emotional strength, adults increase children's resilience and prepare them to handle the challenges in life.

The strategies and activities in Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure provide teachers with the tools they need to help children become socially and emotionally healthy for life. Organized into five chapters, the activities support and build resilience in children ages three to eight.

Chapters include:

Supportive Interactions: activities to nurture the bonds of trust between children and adults

Home and School Partnerships: expanding activities and experiences from the classroom into the home

Activities and Experiences: activities that focus on open-ended thinking, physical activity, and social and emotional learning

Daily Routines: strategies to foster a sense of belonging and community, cooperative participation, and engaged learning

Environment: creating environments that are designed to maximize learning and personal growth

For children, living and learning are a seamless web. The activities in Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure offer a way to help children live and learn their way into social and emotional resilience, while having fun in the process!

Author Bio

Nefertiti Bruce: Nefertiti Bruce, M.Ed., is an Early Childhood Specialist and trainer for the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative. She received her undergraduate degree from Virginia State University, and her graduate degree from Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania. Nefertiti provides professional development and consultation to early childhood programs across the nation, and is the co-author of Building Your Bounce: Simple Strategies for a Resilient You, a tool for adults that can help them strengthen their resilience. She currently resides in Philadelphia, PA, near family and friends.Karen B. Cairone: Karen B. Cairone, M.Ed., is a graduate of Lafayette College and received her Master's degree in Education from Rutgers University. She is Special Projects/Trainer for the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative, where she is responsible for resource development, serves as editor of the national newsletter, and works on various other special projects for DECI. She is the co-writer and co-producer of the Facing the Challenge DVDs, Classroom Moments DVD and accompanying training, and the co-author of For Now and Forever: A Family Guide for the Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers.

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